Medical monitoring system having multipath communications capability
First Claim
1. A medical monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient; and
a remote monitoring unit comprising a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor, the portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system comprising a land-line telephone transceiver, a primary wireless-network transceiver, and a third-network transceiver.
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Abstract
A medical monitoring system has a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient and a remote monitoring unit. The remote monitoring unit includes a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor. The portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system has a land-line telephone transceiver and/or a cellular telephone transceiver, and a third-network transceiver such as a paging-network transceiver. A full data set is transmitted over the land-line telephone transceiver or the cellular telephone transceiver when communications links over these transceivers are available, and a reduced data set is transmitted over the third-network transceiver when communications links over the land-line telephone transceiver and the cellular telephone transceiver are not available.
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16 Claims
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1. A medical monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient; and
a remote monitoring unit comprising a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor, the portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system comprising a land-line telephone transceiver, a primary wireless-network transceiver, and a third-network transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medical monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient; and
a remote monitoring unit comprising a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor, the portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system comprising a paging-network transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A medical monitoring system, comprising:
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a sensor system including a sensor associated with a patient; and
a remote monitoring unit comprising a microprocessor in communication with the sensor system, and a portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system in communication with the microprocessor, the portable-monitoring-unit transceiver system comprising at least one transceiver selected from the group consisting of a land-line telephone transceiver and a primary wireless-network transceiver, and a third-network transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. A method for performing communications by a remote monitoring unit to a central unit, comprising the steps of
determining a need for communication by the remote monitoring unit to the central unit; -
the remote monitoring unit communicating with the central unit by a land-line link if the land-line link is available;
the remote monitoring unit communicating with the central unit by a cellular link if the land-line link is not available; and
the remote monitoring unit communicating with the central unit by a third-network link if the land-line link and the cellular link are not available.
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